2 HRS AGO - During the past several days the feud between President Trump and the NFL regarding many of its Expand

2 HRS AGO - During the past several days the feud between President Trump and the NFL regarding many of its players taking a knee during the national anthem has deepened an already divisive debate about the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech and expression. What's not as well known is that there has been a steady increase in efforts in many states to squelch public protests, an effort quite possibly borne out of the protests and rioting that followed the shootings of African-Americans by white police officers and others, which became more frequent three years ago. Collapse

3 HRS AGO - The article Behind the Scenes of ‘Bat Out of Hell The Musical’ with Gareth Owen by Expand

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3 HRS AGO - After a test period in the UK, Facebook’s Oculus is rolling out a refund policy that allows Expand

3 HRS AGO - After a test period in the UK, Facebook’s Oculus is rolling out a refund policy that allows people to get their money back on “most apps” sold by Oculus as long as the player hasn’t spent too much time visiting an individual virtual world.
On Gear VR you can request a refund within three days of purchase and less than 30 minutes of playtime. On Rift, the policy lets you request a refund within 14 days of purchase and less than two hours of playtime.
Knowing they can get their money back might make Rift owners more willing to buy software on the platform. The update comes amid a number of improvements to the Oculus platform, including the addition of Parties on Rift so people can more easily explore virtual worlds while talking with friends.
Oculus is set to reveal next steps with its platform on Oct. 11 and 12 at Oculus Connect 4.
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4 HRS AGO - We’re in a time when live actors share the screen with puppets and avatars, shows like The Expand

4 HRS AGO - We’re in a time when live actors share the screen with puppets and avatars, shows like The Orville are taking onscreen space travel to a whole new level, and armies of walking dead are taking over the streets of Atlanta. And with real-time rendering behind the scenes, post production crews are doing it all at the fastest pace of all time. It’s an exciting time to be in visual effects. With technology advancing rapidly and many of the previous obstacles falling away, it’s also a highly competitive and challenging time. For more on the subject, we talked to an industry veteran. Sam Nicholson is the founder of Stargate Studios and has been an up close and personal participant in VFX and all its evolutions since the 1970s — notably producing VFX for everything from the groundbreaking early Star Trek films of the 1970s to The Orville an upcoming spoof of the same. He has made grounded spacecraft fly and the dead walk. And of course, with a few decades Collapse

4 HRS AGO - Colorist Sam Daley collaborates with Cinematographer in recreating the look of New York City in Expand

4 HRS AGO - Colorist Sam Daley collaborates with Cinematographer in recreating the look of New York City in the 1970s. NEW YORK— The Deuce, the new drama from HBO and Executive Producers David Simon and George Pelecanos, is set in 1970s New York City where prostitution and crime were rampant, and the modern adult entertainment industry was just coming ... Collapse

5 HRS AGO - The Solus Project from Teotl Studios and Grip Digital just recently released last week on PS4. Expand

5 HRS AGO - The Solus Project from Teotl Studios and Grip Digital just recently released last week on PS4. Both the PC and console versions include VR support, making it one of the first fully-featured survival simulator experiences with full VR support on all three major headsets: Rift, Vive, and PSVR.
With the game so fresh on people’s minds we reached out to the game’s chief creator, Sjoerd De Jong of Teotl Studios, about the development process and what it was like porting a game this complex over to VR devices.
UploadVR: How do you think the survival mechanics transferred to the VR platform? Was it difficult adapting the UI and other systems to work from a VR headset POV?
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1 HR AGO - The Gallery – Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone from Cloudhead Games is officially Expand

1 HR AGO - The Gallery – Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone from Cloudhead Games is officially releasing next month on October 18th, 2017, for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Back in June of this year the developers announced a September release window, but the game has been slightly delayed in order to insure the highest quality experience possible.
According to the developers:
“The game is effectively finished at this point, but as a small team we’ve decided to take the opportunity to put some extra love into Emberstone before launch. We’re running out of days in September, and while “Heart of the Octoberstone” doesn’t have quite as nice a ring to it, we feel it’s the right choice to make the best game for our fans…This was a hard decision to make, but we thank you as always, Reddit, for your support over these last few weeks and months especially. The adventure wouldn’t be possible without you.”
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3 HRS AGO - Vimeo announced today its plan to acquire Livestream, a live video streaming platform that powers Expand

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3 HRS AGO - Target has signed on as a launch partner for NBCUniversal's self-serve programmatic linear TV Expand

3 HRS AGO - Target has signed on as a launch partner for NBCUniversal's self-serve programmatic linear TV offering. The deal, which the companies say is the first of its kind, will give Target access to NBCU's entire linear TV inventory for audience targeting by the retail store chain. Collapse

4 HRS AGO - The ICSA 2017 (International Conference on Spatial Audio), which focused on spatial and 3D audio and took place in Graz, Austria from September 8 to 10, was a huge success. Attendance rose once again, surpassing the last ICSA which was also held in Graz.
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5 HRS AGO - In the second episode of “Megyn Kelly Today,” the show continued to show off its ... Expand

5 HRS AGO - In the second episode of “Megyn Kelly Today,” the show continued to show off its ... Read More
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5 HRS AGO - Radiohead’s long-serving lighting designer, Andi Watson utilised 48 German Light Products X4 L LED spots and 14 X4 Bar 20 battens, supplied by Upstaging in the States, and Neg Earth during the European tour. Watson commented: “My job is to create an environment for the Radiohead songs to exist within the stage. With so many […] Collapse

5 HRS AGO - Avedon Capital Partners acquires Viju and VisionsConnected to create a leading global provider of video conferencing, audio visual and collaboration solutions.
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2 HRS AGO - The National Football League and Facebook have signed a deal to bring NFL game recaps and Expand

2 HRS AGO - The National Football League and Facebook have signed a deal to bring NFL game recaps and highlights to the world’s largest social network, culminating years of talks, the NFL said today. The deal comes with both parties at strategic turning points, as Facebook seeks to add more video to attract viewers and the NFL tries to follow eyeballs from traditional television to social media. Collapse

2 HRS AGO - Vimeo announced today its plan to acquire Livestream, a live video streaming platform that powers Expand

2 HRS AGO - Vimeo announced today its plan to acquire Livestream, a live video streaming platform that powers over 10 million events a year and many local broadcasters. Following the completion of the acquisition, Livestream’s offerings will be integrated into Vimeo allowing a seamless workflow. Vimeo is also rolling out Vimeo Live, an enterprise streaming service, it’s first in the live market. Collapse

3 HRS AGO - Dish has reached a multi-year agreement with Citadel Communications for carriage of the ABC Expand

3 HRS AGO - Dish has reached a multi-year agreement with Citadel Communications for carriage of the ABC affiliate in Providence, R.I. The two sides had been working on a new agreement since late August when the old pact expired. Dish and Citadel signed a handful of temporary agreements to avoid a blackout. Collapse

4 HRS AGO - Production music specialist has provided scores of quirky tracks featured in the award-winning Expand

4 HRS AGO - Production music specialist has provided scores of quirky tracks featured in the award-winning comedy series, including its theme song “Frolic.” SANTA MONICA, Calif.— When the award-winning comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm returns to HBO this fall it will be accompanied by one of the most recognizable theme songs in television. Written by Italian composer Luciano ... Collapse

5 HRS AGO - It retains nearly all of its Big Bang lead-in, earning hit status out of the gate and stomping on Expand

5 HRS AGO - It retains nearly all of its Big Bang lead-in, earning hit status out of the gate and stomping on The Voice. CBS will have more than a month to hold Young Sheldon over its competitors' heads. Monday's sampling of the new comedy, a month out from its official Nov. 2 premiere, likely set this season's high bar for fall premieres. Collapse

5 HRS AGO - CP Communications, a full-service broadcast equipment rental and production company, is relying on a quartet of Calrec Audio's Brio compact digital audio consoles to deliver high-quality live sound for Fox Sports' marquee coverage of pro golf, baseball, and football. CP Communications first deployed the new Brios for the U.S. Open in June, where they worked in concert with several other Calrec desks on a Hydra2 network to help overcome the complex logistical challenges of audio mixing from the sprawling Erin Hills golf course in Erin, Wisconsin.
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5 HRS AGO - The Salone dei 500 hosts private, large-scale events, but with the sheer number of events held in Expand

5 HRS AGO - The Salone dei 500 hosts private, large-scale events, but with the sheer number of events held in the hall, organisers saw the need for a fixed audio system with the ability to adapt to the different occasions.
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